Here's the downside though, you have to have a certain amount of honors courses to stay in honors and to graduate with honors. Engineering has very few upperclassmen level honors classes. In total I had to take 9 hours (3 classes) that did not count towards my degree at all because I needed more honors hours to graduate with honors.

Jan 13, 2024 · I’m currently planning on attending TTU for the fall 2024 semester, and am currently trying to decide if I should apply for the honors college. I have a 32 ACT composite and a 2.7 unweighted high school GPA, but I will have taken 12 classes via dual enrollment (32 credit hours) during high school.

Nov 1, 2016 · The basic bonuses of the honors college is the Honors scholarships you can apply for after your first semester, better dorms, and then smaller classes. There is a cost for these though. You have to take a FYE course that all Honors Freshman are required to take. It's a course that will drag you through hell.

May 9, 2023 · If you can get into it the honors college provides a few benefits without any additional work. the only difference between an honors class, or honors section, and a regular class and that all honors classes have a specific cap on size so you will always be in a smaller classroom environment vis-a-vis a regular section. the biggest benefit I personally got from …

Dec 31, 2022 · Other than the items mentioned, you can apply for the Early Application for TTU med school(EAP program) which allows you to be a med student and skip the MCAT if you get in, and the URS research system is an research program for honors students that pays you or provides course credit for your research.

Oct 15, 2012 · The Honors College staff is also great, they'll bend head over heels for you. More scholarships and study abroad opportunities are available through the honors college... Also, signing up for classes early is a real treat. Coming from an Honors senior- if it lines up with your degree plan, absolutely do it.

Dec 16, 2023 · Non-honors students can still register for these sections if they are not filled with honors students (as they get priority), but they are filled 95% of the time. Additionally, you get another advisor in addition to your advisor in your primary college (unless the Honors college is your primary college), and I have heard amazing things about ...

Mar 20, 2024 · Honors or not, you can't register until you've been through orientation. This is the only time you cannot register early and after this you get to register either the same day as juniors, or between seniors and juniors, I can't recall exactly, it's been a few years. But you'll never get to register before seniors being in honors college.

Nov 22, 2019 · I would definitely say the honors college is very geared towards stem majors (esp pre-med) and liberal arts. However, I’m a business major and have been able to knock out my basics (astronomy, chemistry, arts credit) and some upper level electives (marketing, managerial accounting, business economics) as honors sections. I really like it.

Oct 20, 2023 · Honors College I'm an incoming freshmen and do I HAVE to have a 1300+ SAT score, 30+ ACT score, or be top 10% of my class to be considered for the honors college? My act score is a 24 and i'm only top 15% of my class.